Lighthorne (Forest Walk)

We parked on a grass verge and looked at the entrance thinking it would be fine to just let the dogs loose so we did, they almost got to the stile but decided instead to have a sniff around. When we got into the forest over the stile and

along the bridge we saw it has had some work done because of the pile of logs and deep muddy tyre tracks we managed to get over them and go straight through the middle of the forest which is where the footpath sign pointed it lead to more muddy tyre tracks and a fence. We followed the fence round for about 2 minutes and ended back where we started so we went off into the forest and went in a different direction where my mum got her foot stuck in a bit of marsh the only bit of marsh in the entire forest unbelievable, after she pulled her foot out we carried on and we called Floyd back because he disappeared we saw a glimpse of him running back then a very sudden loud yelp but he kept coming back we couldn't work out why he yelped because he looked fine nothing wrong with him I said to mum "He must have trod on a thorn or twisted something". We carried on looking around at the beautifully creepy forest with its brown leaves on the floor mixed with the bright green grass and moss covered branches. The tree trunks also had moss climbing up it.After a bit more walking Mum said to me "Look over there" so I did after about 15 - 20 seconds I realised what she wanted  me to see there's sheep in the next field

and no fence in between us and them we thought about calling the dogs back and putting them on their leads but mum said they probably won't notice which we carried on and headed back to the car. We were getting close to the car and we heard trumpets and I then saw horse and riders across the road from us it was "The Hunt" because the noise of the trumpets was spooking the dogs we got to the car and left.

52.191272,-1.514091 (Google Maps) 

N 52 11.475 W 001 30.842 (GPS Co-ords)

Ufton Fields Nature Reserve (Forest Walk)

We arrived at a small road with signs on the side saying "Unsuitable for motor vehicles" but we carried on because the sat-nav told us to. We drove down a bit and found the entrance and car park to Ufton Fields. We parked up and got the dogs on there leads and went in looking at the path ahead saw it was nice and easy so we enjoyed the stroll past the lakes and decided to let the dogs off as you can see from the video further down it didn't go well for me. We carried on just enjoying the silence and the walk the surrounding forest looking through the mixture of trees and the beautiful lakes part way round I noticed a tree growing really odd it looks like it's crawling out of the ground after going round a bit further it started to drizzle on us  a bit and about 10 minutes later it absolutely tipped down on us

 I didn'tbring my waterproof because I was told I wouldn't need it. As we got back to the car it stopped.

Postcode: CV33 9PU

Geaocaches: KNEE BONE (12) (GC32TRH)

Do You Come Here Ufton? (GCN141)

Related Sites: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/uftonfields

I managed to get the video the right way up.

The National Herb Center (Forest Walk)

We parked up in the car park to the entrance of the garden center and walked past the shop and just as you walk round the corner of the shop you meet a great view. Up there they call it 3 counties view because you can see Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and a bit of Gloucestershire. After we finished looking at the view we headed for the display gardens after enjoying the different types of gardens we carried on to the forest which looked almost eerie from afar. We went inside and saw nothing but bare branches and some really nice views with a constant chirping in the background. Some patches of the walk can be muddy but avoidable. Walking past a small lake and up a small hill we noticed a fallen tree that looked like it grew round the others that are still standing. A bit further a long I looked over towards 3 fallen trees and I went over and saw that it was 1 tree fallen down in 4 different directions from the center. We saw a few dragon nests about and the ivy swinging of the trees was very nice.

We found a pile of mossy logs perfect to hide a geocache in since the last one was ruined. After we hid the cache we got out of the forest heading up hill and I was very nearly knocked over by 4 slip sliding dogs running full pelt at me luckily I didn't go over and after a laugh we carried on up the steep hill finally getting on to level ground and enjoying the view of the wobbly wheel and the rolling fields and the route from where we came. We got to a bench and sat down although a bit wobbly we enjoyed the rest. After the rest we came across a poly tunnel and a small vegetable garden with no veg in just a grass path and a tree with a small rhubarb plant next to it after the walk back up the steep hill from where we started the walk we went back to the car we didn't stop for drinks because we only lived about 10 minutes away but i do suggest you stop in the bistro for tea or coffee very nice up there.

Related Sites: http://www.herbcentre.co.uk/

Geocaches: The National Herb Centre: The Forest (GC2VBYB)

Co-ords: 52.121234,-1.402575 (Google Maps)

               N 52 07.274 W 001 24.154 (GPS Co-ords)